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Species Athous acanthus

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Elateroidea
Family Elateridae (Click Beetles)
Subfamily Dendrometrinae
Tribe Dendrometrini
Subtribe Dendrometrina
Genus Athous
Species acanthus (Athous acanthus)
Explanation of Names
Athous acanthus (Say 1839)
Size
7.1-11mm (1)
Identification
Similar to Athous neacanthus (1)
Range
e NA (NS-ON to ...)(2)
Habitat
Found on dead branches and vegetation; comes to light (1)
Season
Adults active late spring through summer (1)
Works Cited
1.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.